Senior Primary Care Nurse - 9 month maternity cover

Practice Plus Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Induction program

Shopping discounts

Career development support

24/7 helpline

Job summary

Practice Plus Group is hiring a Senior Primary Care Nurse on a 9-month maternity cover to join the Primary Care team in the UK. You will lead a nurse-led service, coordinate a multi-disciplinary team and ensure high-quality, patient-centred care, while managing medication rounds and responding to emergencies.

The role requires leadership experience, NMC registration, and a commitment to ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse – Adult with valid NMC registration.
• Proven leadership in a clinical setting.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a nurse-led service and prevent hospital admissions.
• Undertake medication rounds and dispense controlled medication when required.
• Attend emergency response situations and assess patients promptly.
• Provide evidence-based, personalised care informed by patient feedback.
• Inspire excellence and build strong links with partners and stakeholders.
• Promote best practice and continuous quality improvement in care.

Skills

Leadership experience

CPD evidence

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Team motivation

Education

Registered nurse – Adult

NMC registration

Job description

About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Primary Care Nurse - 9 month maternity cover to join our Primary Care team a category B men's p rison, housing males aged 21+.

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

Hours

37.5 hours a week working days and nights, varied. Night shifts - 8pm-07.30am and long days 7am-8.30pm plus 2 weekends a month and ad-hoc bank holidays.

Salary

This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary up to £49,175 per annum FTE - depending on experience.

How will we support you?

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Primary Care Nurse, your responsibilities will vary. You will

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a nurse led service and prevent hospital admissions
• Undertake medication rounds, dispense controlled medication, attend emergency response situations, assess patients, and undertake reception screening
• Provide outstanding evidence based care to our patients, seeking out, listening to and acting on their feedback, so that care is personalised and informed by what matters to them.
• Deliver non-judgemental care that makes a real difference
• Inspire excellence by forging strong links with our partners and stakeholders and providing a service that people can trust, feel safe within, and feel proud of
• Promote best practice, clinical supervision, evidence based care and continuous quality improvement, embedding a culture of shared learning.
• Share knowledge, skills and expertise to ensure safe care, building strong multi-disciplinary teams and supporting each other to do a great job.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn’t stop there

… we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we’ll look for in you

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications required

• Registered nurse – Adult
• Current professional qualification (NMC)
• Leadership experience essential
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
• Motivated as an individual and when working in a team

Although not essential ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.